tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
no matter how much time passes
(not) even once; (not) ever
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
fingering (of a musical instrument)
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
loveable; very likeable; like very much
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to move forward; to move on
face; looks; vestiges; trace
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
starting line; starting point
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
it's been a long time; long time no see
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)